Crowded with tourists
Mr. Tran Van Chien, in Nghe An, shared: "After 1 year of trying to study, my 2 children both achieved excellent results. Through the media, I learned that Da Nang will be shooting fireworks again this year, so I rewarded them with a fireworks "party" on the opening night. Taking the bus in the morning, luckily there were no incidents along the way, so now (5 pm June 2) we are in Da Nang in time to watch the fireworks opening ceremony". Ms. Phan Thi Ngoc Lan, Director of the Central Bus Station (Da Nang City), said: Because it is the summer vacation time, especially Da Nang City is reorganizing the international fireworks festival after 2 years of interruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this summer, the number of tourists coming to Da Nang for tourism and watching fireworks has increased a lot. Just on June 1 and 2 alone, the number of passenger cars arriving at the Central Bus Station is on average more than 300 trips per day, an increase of about 5 - 10% compared to normal days.
At Da Nang Station, according to Mr. Doan Kim Tuan - Captain of Da Nang Station Passenger Transport Team, the number of tourists coming to Da Nang Station on June 1 and 2 increased by nearly 50% compared to normal days. Specifically, on average, there are only about 800 visitors on normal days, but on these two days, on average, there are nearly 1,600 visitors coming to Da Nang each day. "To serve tourists traveling during this summer, especially serving tourists from the North to Da Nang for tourism combined with watching fireworks held in June and July 2023, the Railway industry has run 2 more pairs of Thong Nhat trains," Mr. Doan Kim Tuan added.
In particular, the number of tourists coming to Da Nang for tourism and watching fireworks by air accounts for the largest proportion. According to the leader of Da Nang International Airport, on June 2 alone, there were 130 domestic and international flights to this airport, equal to the period in 2019 before the COVID-19 epidemic. Mr. Litmanen, a Finnish tourist, who took a flight to Da Nang in the late afternoon of June 2, shared: "This is the first time I have come to Da Nang for tourism and watching fireworks. This year, my country continues to compete at DIFF-2023. In addition to enjoying the wonderful fireworks displays, I also cheer for the home team and hope that the Finnish Fireworks Team will achieve the championship result of DIFF-2023 like in DIFF-2019".
Passengers get off the bus at the Central Bus Station on the afternoon of June 2.
Search for free toilets on Danang Smart City app
On June 2, the Department of Information and Communications of Da Nang City informed that the Department has just integrated the "Free public toilet" utility on the Danang Smart City application to help people and tourists easily find free toilets at businesses, restaurants, hotels, and food establishments.
Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications of Da Nang City Tran Ngoc Thach informed that to find free public toilets, people and tourists only need to download the Danang Smart City application to their phones, open the "Free public toilet" section on this application, then select the facility with free toilets near their current location. This application will display information such as: Name of the facility offering free toilets, address, distance from the user's location to the toilet, and directions for users to easily find the nearest toilet address. Currently, this application has updated 294 locations, of which Hai Chau district has 228 locations and Son Tra district has 66 locations.
Taxi drivers are ready to pick up tourists at Da Nang Station for sightseeing combined with watching fireworks.
Previously, in March 2023, the People's Committee of Son Tra District, Da Nang City started to re-deploy the model "Comfort as home." This is a form of public restroom socialization that has been responded to by many hotels, restaurants, and accommodations, contributing to reducing the situation of improper sanitation and promoting the friendly image of the city.
Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications of Da Nang City Tran Ngoc Thach said that on June 1, the Department of Information and Communications of Da Nang City issued a document requesting the People's Committees of districts to continue to encourage businesses, restaurants, hotels, and food establishments to participate in sharing public restrooms to soon update the mobile application, in order to better serve the people and tourists. At the same time, the Department assigned the City's Information and Smart Operation Monitoring Center to coordinate and arrange human resources to regularly update information and complete data on public restrooms, free of charge.
Danang Smart City is a smart city application integrating multiple services and utilities, put into use since 2020, with more than 1.2 million downloads and uses, providing services, utilities and information to people in Da Nang city.
